Hypochondria
[,haɪpə'kɒndrɪə] or ['haɪpə'kɑndrɪə]
Definition
(noun.) chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments.
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Definition
(n.) Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.
(pl. ) of Hypochondrium
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (Med.) Melancholy, spleen, vapors, depression, dejection, hypochondriasis,low spirits."
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Definition
n. a nervous malady often arising from indigestion and tormenting the patient with imaginary fears—more correctly Hypochondrī′asis—also Hypochonrī′acism Hypochondrī′asis Hypochon′driasm.—n. Hypochon′driac one suffering from hypochondria—also Hypochon′driast.—adjs. Hypochon′driac -al relating to or affected with hypochondria: melancholy.—n. Hypochon′drium (anat.) that region of the abdomen situated on either side under the costal cartilages and short ribs.
Typist: Melba
Examples
- Those eyes had looked on the visits of a certain ghost--had long waited the comings and goings of that strangest spectre, Hypochondria. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Hypochondria has that wont, to rise in the midst of thousands--dark as Doom, pale as Maladyand well-nigh strong as Death. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My art halts at the threshold of Hypochondria: she just looks in and sees a chamber of torture, but can neither say nor do much. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This is hypochondria, Jane. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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